BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Pro-government demonstrators stormed the headquarters of the Islamist Ansar al-Sharia militia in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, aiming to evict fighters from the site, Reuters witnesses said.

Ansar al-Sharia has been linked to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week in which the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans died. It denies involvement.

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U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens was well liked, and many Libyans condemned the attack on the consulate despite being angered by the anti-Islamic U.S.-made film that triggered it. ...

If so, I would give a lot of credit to Obama’s level headed approach toward helping their revolution succeed.

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As a fabrication of our own consciousness, our assignations of meaning are no less “real”, but since humans and the fabrications of our consciousness are routinely fraught with error, it makes sense, to me, to, sometimes, question such fabrications.

I’m generally very critical of Obama, but in this case I’m inclined to agree. He has avoided the undiplomatic pandering to Islamophobia. The Lion’s share of the credit goes to the Libyans. - Gary

Right, and Obama’s minimal approach to involvement in supporting the Libyans, insured that they would “own” their revolution. Despite his sometimes flowery and aspirational rhetoric, I sensed early on that Obama is basically very pragmatic. This is exemplified nowadays by one of his titles: No Drama Obama.

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As a fabrication of our own consciousness, our assignations of meaning are no less “real”, but since humans and the fabrications of our consciousness are routinely fraught with error, it makes sense, to me, to, sometimes, question such fabrications.